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Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur
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K'tonton's Yom Kippur kitten
by Sadie Rose Weilerstein
After allowing a small kitten to take the blame for something he did, K'tonton, a thumb-sized young boy, feels guilty when he goes to services at the synagogue on Yom Kippur.
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Tashlich at Turtle Rock
by Susan Schnur
Annie leads her family on a Rosh Hashanah hike to observe tashlich, where each person will ask God's forgiveness for the things they regret doing the previous year. Includes facts about this Jewish custom.
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Sound the shofar! : a story for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
by Leslie Kimmelman
With simple text and glowing illustrations, an introduction to the rituals and traditions of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is seen through the eyes of a loving family as they go to the synagogue where Uncle Jake sounds the shofar.
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The secret shofar of Barcelona
by Jacqueline Dembar Greene
In the late 1500s, while the conductor of the Royal Orchestra of Barcelona prepares for a concert to celebrate Spain’s colonies in the New World, his son secretly practices playing the Shofar to help Jews, who must hide their faith from the Inquisition, to celebrate Rosh Hashanah.
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Happy New Year, Beni
by Jane Breskin Zalben
While at Grandma and Grandpa's home for the Rosh Hashanah holiday, Sara lights the candles, Beni reads from the Mahzor, and mischievous cousin Max pulls several pranks.
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New Year at the pier : a Rosh Hashanah story
by April Halprin Wayland
Preparing his list for "Tashlich," a part of the Rosh Hashanah ceremony where apologies for the past year's mistakes clear the slate for the upcoming year, Izzy realizes there is one particular apology on the list he knows will be very difficult to make and so has to find just the right way to make it in order for the new year to begin on a good note.
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Eli remembers
by Ruth Vander Zee
After many years of watching the solemn lighting of seven candles at Rosh Hashanah, Eli finally learns how those candles represent his family's connection to the Holocaust in Lithuania.
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When the chickens went on strike : a Rosh Hashanah tale
by Erica Silverman
Frustrated with being swung over the villagers’ heads as part of the Rosh Hashanah tradition to bring good luck, the chickens run away in protest and leave all the residents trying to figure out a way to bring them back, including one young boy who soon comes to understand the chickens’ perspective.
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Even higher! : a Rosh Hashanah story
by Eric A. Kimmel
A skeptical visitor to the village of Nemirov finds out where its rabbi really goes just before the Jewish New Year, when the villagers claim he goes to heaven to speak to God
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Celebrating Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
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Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
by Lynn Peppas
Rosh Hashanah is often referred to as the Jewish New Year. Millions of Jewish people all over the world celebrate this holiday. The holiday usually occurs in September or October and includes the holiest Jewish day of the year, Yom Kippur, the day of repentance. Learn about how Jewish people eat special foods, reflect on the year gone by, and think about how they can improve in the year to come.
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On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
by Cathy Fishman
As she and her family celebrate these two Jewish holidays, a young girl contemplates their meaning in her life.
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Happy birthday, world : a Rosh Hashanah celebration
by Latifa Berry Kropf
A young child learns how the special food, candles, horn blowing, and presents that are part of the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanan are similar and yet different from everyone's birthday celebration.
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Celebrate Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur
by Deborah Heiligman
Introduces children to a varied selection of religious and cultural holidays through fascinating facts, prayers, songs, recipes, color photos, and more, and includes backmatter for parents and teachers.
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It's shofar time
by Latifa Berry Kropf
Children do traditional activities for the Jewish New Year, such as baking challah, blowing the shofar, and performing tashlich.
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Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
by Dana Meachen Rau
Describes the origin and meaning of the Jewish holidays known as the High Holy Days and their traditions and symbols, and discusses how the holidays are observed today.
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